Bill,
I am not running multiple i partitions yet, but I do have to move the
tape from the VIOS partition to IBM i on my JS12 blade (not often
because I usually just backup VIOS to DVD). I haven't tried moving it
to the Linux partition, now that I think about it. Perhaps I'll give
that a whirl.
You could probably script this if it was a regular, scheduled need.
When I get the second i partition going I may look at this more closely.
Pete
William A. Hansen wrote:
I've been researching LPAR, PowerVM, etc. and seem to have missed a basic concept.
Suppose you have a system with one tape device. What stops you from (or what is the disadvantage of) moving the IOA and tape drive from one partition to another as needed?
If this is possible, what is the big deal about the newly announced virtual SCSI tape facility for blades (not to be confused with IBM i virtual tape)? It seems that both approaches require using the IVM or HMC to move a resource from one partition to another.
Thanks,
Bill
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